Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-07-16
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JACOBS SHARE CONSIGNED 70 sing slse,
Four Years imprisonment and $1,000
Fine-A stay of Rroceedings Granted.

Four Years Improvement and 5000
Fins-A stay Of Proceedings Granted.
New York, Jolly 14-Jacob Sharp was
sentenced to-day. He was very much
exhausted and presented in court the
appearance oil a physically bsoken.down
old man. He was literally carried into
court by his coachmen and several
deputies. just as the hands OF the
clock stood at IL o'clock he appeared at
the door. His feet scarcely touched the
floor and his head rolled helplestIy be
tween his uplitted shoulders. His
mouth was half.opened and his eyes
rolled in their little sockets in q dszed
and bewildered way. The usual h.rfd
face was OF . erayish purple cast, the
pe%rspiration poured in great beads from
his build head and down his temples to
HE cheeks, while his breath came in
Short quick gasp, like that of a dying
man. Behind the prisoner walked Mrs.
Sharp, leaning on the arm of her grand
son. Hen eyes were directed, toward the
floor, but every now and then che looked
up sollcitously at the bent figure OF the
wretched man In front of her. The old
man doubled his hands as he sat down
and leaned upon the table. He looked
up for q few seconds, as if he we're just
awakening from o horrid dream, then
folding his hands on the table, he bowed
his head upon them. After the usual
preliminaries had been gone through,
including o motion for a new trial, which
was denied by the iudge, Judge Barrett,
proceeded to pronounce sentence. The
terrible moment had come, and Mrs
Sharp WAS evidently nerylng herself for
the ordeal. Her grandson put his arm
around her neck and patted her gently
on the shoulder. Sharp was aroused
from his stnpor, looked about listlessly
and impulsively started to rise to his
feet, but sank back. At last he WAS as.
sisted to his feet and he stood tremb.
linRIy, but Judge Barrett took pity on
him and allowed him to sit down. AS
the jadge approached the concluding
words the prisoHer raised his head slight.
ly and his small watery eyes peeped
from under his brows when the final
words were uttered. He bowed his head
once more, but quickly raised it and
looked vacantly around the room. Mrs
Sharp wept at his side.
THE JUDGE WORDS.
Judge Barrett, in pronouncing sen
tence, said:
He had meyer performed SO delicate d
task in his whole professional career
he had received many letters from many
people, pleading mercy and otherwise
but q court Was not appointed to be
mercifnl any more than wRs dictated By
the laws OF Justice. The defendant
herein. asking tor mercy, can give
nothing as d plea for ~clenency but age
and sickness. On the merits of the cast
he certainly is entitled to nome. II ii
absurd to state that he WA not guilty oil
giving the .brlbes, 10 he was unmistak.
ably the leader OF the whole affair. W.
have not here, as in the case OF the
aldermen, any attempt TO prove the de-
fendantAs good character. The crime
itseH wR8 an enormous one--the raising
of half q million dollars 10 corrupt hall
a~legialatuYe. Judge Barrett reviewed
the corrupt action OK the defendant ii
forming q bogus company
Ito contract with the Seventh
Avenue railway, OF which b,
was g director and alluded to the defend
ants securing 81. 100000 Of profit as sheeI
larceny. for which he could have bee,
Indicted Just as we'll as for bribery
| What is there TO excite pity or mercy ok
oept the age and i'll health OF the prison
er and the mourning condition Of hi
family? With over $1,000.0o0 in hi
pocket he clanors for mercy without
toffering to pay back q penny OF thu
amount stolen, 30 that, should he die il
prison his family has q vast fortune {,
fall back upon. The legislature doe,
not allow us TO go below the minimum
penalty In such 8 grave offense as ths
present is. All things have been con
sidered and the Judgment of this cour
is that the prisoner be confined fou
years at hard labor and that ne pay
fDs of $1,000.
NO DELAY.